Add Terminal Strips and Earth Bars

Note:
The maximum number of terminal strips an equipment item (or equipment catalogue item) can have may (optionally) be specified on the More Information window accessed from the Equipment Layout window. If the user attempts to add a terminal strip when the maximum number of strips has already been added to an equipment item, a message is displayed to inform the user of this. For example:

To add a Terminal Strip or an Earth Bar:

• From the Equipment Layout window, right-click on any DIN Rail or existing component and click either Add Terminal Strip or Add Earth Bar as appropriate on the pop-up menu.

• Or, from the Equipment View context sensitive right-click menu (after right-clicking on an appropriate equipment node) click Add Terminal Strip or Add Earth Bar. The appropriate information window is then displayed.

  

  

  Terminal Strip No / Earth Bar Name	Enter any unique value for the current equipment as the Terminal Strip number or Earth Bar name.
  No. of Terminals	Defines the number of terminals in the strip/bar. Note: The maximum number of terminals that an equipment item (or equipment catalogue item) can have on a strip may (optionally) be specified on the More Information window accessed from the Equipment Layout window. If the user attempts to add terminals in excess of this, a message is displayed to inform the user of this.
  First Terminal No	Defines the starting terminal marking. Electrical Wiring Manager will create incremented terminal markings for all subsequent terminals.
  Note: Electrical Wiring Manager does not support auto numbering of any terminals except for simple incremental numerical (count). However, once the terminal strip/earth bar has been created users can edit individual terminal markings in the Terminations User Interface.
  Field Wires Terminate on Right	Is only valid when using Wiring Rules to terminate field cables on equipment terminal strips/earth bars. When checked, field cables are terminated on the right side of this terminal strip/earth bar. When unchecked field cables are terminated on the left of the terminal strip/earth bar.

Create the New Terminal Strip or Earth Bar

Enter a Terminal Strip No or Earth Bar name (a label), a Sequence No, enter the number of terminals required, the first terminal number and click Save. Electrical Wiring Manager will create all the terminals marked sequentially from the 'First Terminal No.' entered (for example,. 1, 2, 3 etc.) and add the new Terminal Strip or Earth Bar under the parent equipment tag in the Equipment View.

• Terminal markings can be edited from within the Electrical Wiring Manager Terminations User Interface.

• To change existing terminal strips and earth bars refer to Modify Terminal Strips and Earth Bars.